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The eyes of an owl are not true “eyeballs.” Their tube-shaped eyes are completely immobile, providing binocular vision which fully focuses on their prey and boosts depth perception. Owls can rotate their necks 270 degrees and tip their heads up and down 90 degrees. A group of owls is called a parliament.
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This figurine was given to my husband's mother, by his father, on their very first date in the early 1930's. They were at a fun fair in Southampton (England) and his dad won it at a ball-throwing stall. Originally it had little lights inside the head, that made the eyes glow, but over the years the lights got lost. My husband (we live in New Zealand) was recently sent the figurine by his daughter in England, who found it in a family storage facility. Because my husband remembered it with eyes that lit up, he has made a tiny LED light arrangement that fits inside the body and head, powered by batteries.
In June 1991 I went to Tokyo, to stay with a friend who worked at the New Zealand Embassy there. By day she went to work, while I tripped about on my own. On one of the days I took a local tour that included a visit to the Tokyo Tower. As a memento, everyone on the tour was given a gold filigree bookmark with the tower featuring on it. Mine got put into a big photo album of my photos from the trip and has sat there ever since, until I brought it out to take this photo. At 332.9 metres tall, the Tokyo Tower is the second tallest structure in the country. Its design was inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Built in 1958, it is painted every 5 years and is brightly coloured due to international air safety regulations. More than 150 million people have been up the tower since it was opened to the public. HMM 😍
Yes, I was slicing bananas. Since 1997 I have enjoyed a Banana high-protein shake for breakfast. We go through a lot of bananas and it has got to the stage where, these days, I buy 30 bananas at a time. I then peel, slice and free-flow freeze them and we use a handful of the frozen slices each day. It's a delicious breakfast.
Seasonal gems captured up close: from delicate golden pollen to the vibrant petals of each flower, these macro images showcase the unique essence of each bloom. The velvety textures, rich hues, and intricate details reveal the hidden magic of nature, celebrating the fleeting beauty of seasonal flowers.
A knot is an intentional complication in cordage which may be practical or decorative, or both. Practical knots are classified by function, including hitches, bends, loop knots, and splices.
Knots have excited interest since ancient times for their practical uses, as well as their topological intricacy, studied in the area of mathematics known as knot theory.
Mine is a Reef Knot, also known as square knot or hercules knot, being an ancient and simple binding knot used to secure a rope or line around an object.
Redux 2020 - December 28
This, I realise (and it did not happen intentionally) embodies two 2020 Macro Mondays themes.
August 3: Chocolate
June 15: Label
A dreamy sea of blooming purple geraniums captures the essence of spring in full bloom. A lone bumblebee dances through the vibrant flowers, adding movement and life to the soft, harmonious color palette of nature’s beauty.
The minimum distance I can set my Olympus Tough TG6 camera, up to my photo subject, is 15mm. If I set the camera any closer than that, the picture becomes a blur.
"Whisper of the morning sky — a petal kissed by light, holding the calm of a thousand dreams." 🌸💙
Mobile photography || f/1.9 || 6.8 mm || 1/304 sec || ISO 48
Device : Pixel 7 pro
Dop: 9/10/25
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I is for ink
what do you think?
in the red, not the pink
this ink is a link
when you're on the brink
and want to shrink
so give it a wink
and don't try to kink
nor even think
that you're going to shrink
so let's have a drink
I've tried a number of different tripods over the years. At first I went for the cheapest ones, but they were no good because they were flimsy and often fell over. I have ended up with a fairly compact, yet strong, Zomei brand tripod with screw leg extensions. At first I wondered about buying it because it's orange, but in fact it has turned out to be my best tripod yet. It has travelled with me to many different locations around New Zealand and I love it, so I say "Yay" to Orange. The blue light was not originally intended to be in the picture. It reflected into my photo from a machine my husband was using next to where I was taking my photos, but in fact I like the effect so it has stayed. Sometimes unintended outcomes can be happy outcomes, can't they?
What a fun thing to do. I fan-folded a piece of foil, punched a few holes in it, crinkled it then smoothed it out a little, pointed a red, a green and a blue light at it, pushed the camera right up close and 'clicked'. What a result.